Sporting Digest: Rallying

RICHARD BURNS, 22, became the youngest driver to win three successive Mobil 1 / Top Gear British Rally Championship rounds when he claimed the Perth Scottish Rally for Subaru yesterday. There are two rounds to come in Ulster and the Isle of Man.

PERTH SCOTTISH RALLY Final positions (after 26 stages): 1 R Burns and R Reid (Subaru Legacy) 2hr 32min 04sec; 2 A McRae and D Senior (Subaru Legacy) 2:35.10; 3 R Head and C Roy (Ford Escort Cosworth) 2:41.10. Standings (after three rounds): 1 Burns 75pts; 2 M Wilson (Ford Escort Cosworth) 51; 3 McRae 42.